The Metaphysical Sectarian

HE was in Logick a great Critick, Profoundly skill'd in Analytick. He could distinguish, and divide A Hair 'twixt South and South-West side: On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. He'd undertake to prove by force Of Argument, a Man's no Horse. He'd prove a Buzard is no Fowl, And that a Lord may be an Owl; A Calf an Alderman, a Goose a Justice, And Rooks Committee-men and Trustees. He'd run in Debt by Disputation, And pay with Ratiocination. All this by Syllogism, true In Mood and Figure, he would ...